Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-01-28
i'CIrY PRESENTED.
GRAHD. JURY INDrcrMENrs-No LIE
vI1s BY rHE rREAsURRR.
A Burglar Sentenced Accident to Child
An Interesting War Relic-Miscel-
lansous Matters.


rCorrcspondence Of tho Richmond Dispatch
PETERSBURG, January 81, 1887.
Tn the Hastings Court this morning
the grand jury presented the. city of
Petersburg for creating nuisance, AMI
also called the attention OF the court
10 the bad condition OF the water-plugs
about the city and the difficulty IN get
ting water from them in case OF fire. as
has been evidenced on several occasions
recently.
The grand jury also made two pre-
sentiments against Mr.. X. Z. Scott Tor
doing business without license. Mr..
Scott had rendered coupons in payment
for hrs license in each case.
IL is understood that the treasurer OF
Petersburg will not, for the present at
least, make any levies upon the pro-
perty of citizens who rendered cou-
pons in payment Of their State taxes.
Ben. Featherston, the negro burglar
who was tried several days ago and
escaped sentence because the jury could
not agree as to the term of imprlson-
nent, petitioned the Hastings Court TO
give him another trial Mt this term. HIS
request was granted, and to-day ne was
tried. convicted, and sentenced to three
years imprisonment in the penitsn-
tary.
The mail train from Lynchburg was
DELAYED several hours to-day III conse-
uuence of a slight accident to freight
train at Farnville. This latter tram
got partially of the track. and two or
three cars were damaged.
Little Lillian Davis. four-year-oid
daughter of Mr. Charles Davis, residing
on Old street, was run over 10y wagon
this morning and severely injured. Inc
case was one of pure accident. While
no bones were broken, the little girl is
said to be badly bruised and probably
internally injured by the passage OF the
heavy wheels over her body, and her
condition cannot ut present be accurate
ly diagnosed.
AN INTERESTING WAR RELIC.
Colonel T. II. Archer, of this city,
has in his possession, and III an excel
lent state of preservation, Bible which
was found on the battlefield of Sailors
creek in 1865. 1t bears the name Of
Orchard Bradley, Jr., Savannah, Ga,
written in a beautiful hand. 1t also
has on the same page the names OF
Henry l.. Graves" and Archibald
Il. Henderson, North Carolina" On the
inside Of the covering appears the fol-
lowing statement as to its finding:
"On the evening of the 9th of
April. 1865, near the outer edge of the
battlefield of Sailors creek, ! found
this Bible lying upon the ground III
the immediate vicinity of knapsack
Of excellent clothing, which had been
opened and partially scattered around.
BEING mounted upon mule which L
had saved from capture (haying had my
horse shot under mel / requested u
person near 10y to hand me the Bible.
He did so, and took it along with me,
preserved it on the route to Appomat-
tox Courthouse, and from thence Sc
cured its safe transmission to Petersburg.
"F. II. ARCHER. y
Within the past two or three days
Colonel Archer has received inforna-
ton which will probably enable him to
restore the Bible to the owner or ms
representatives.
MISCELLANEOUS NEWS NOTES.
II is now known that the beautiful
nlver service and marble-tOp tables re-
Gently presented to the West-End Bap-
tist church were donated by and
through Miss Mamie u. Phillips, of this
city, whose zeal and efforts in behalf of
the church are greatly appreciated.
OF the twenty-five surviving veterans
of the Mexican war who went from this
city, il is said that only eleven will be
entitled to pensions at once under the
provisions of the pension bill as it now
stands and of the nine living III Pc
tersburg only four will draw pensions
for some time to come. The bill re-
stricts the pensions to those who have
STAINED the age of sixty-two years,
unless disabled from work. Rev. DIR.
?. A. Peterson, of Lynchburg, writes
that he will not he entitled to Il pension
until 1890.
The Islander suit of Morse az. Rel
mach for $40, 600 damages has been dis
missed from the docket of the court at
the request of the plaintiff, after mu-
tual and satisfactory explanations ON
both sides.
Mr.. J. L. Shelton's barn and stable,
near Marmora. in Dinwiddie county,
was burned two or three nights ago.
Besides a considerable quantity Of
grain and provender Mr.. Shelton lost
two horses. He had no insurance ON
the property.
COUPON CASES IN COURT
In the Hastings Court this morning
Colonel r. l.. Maury, of Richmond,
acting as attorney for Mr.. G. A.
Slaughter, a merchant of this city, who
had rendered coupons in payment of
his hcense-tax of $3.50 called up his
clients petition to have the coupons
verified. Upon the hearing of the case
the coupons were only proven accord
ing to law. Colonel Maury then
moved the Court to allow him to dismiss
all the other coupon cases now pending
in the Hastings Court-some eighty i'll
number-the dismissal to be without
payment of costs to the Common
wealth. Mr.. George S. Bernard, at
torney for the Commonwealth, asked
the Court to continue the motion until
a future day of the present term to
give him time to examine the law bear
ing upon this motion, which was done
ROBIN ADAIR.